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Purdy: 'I will have to die alone'

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Debbie Purdy, who has multiple sclerosis, is urging the House of Lords to clarify the law on assisted suicide.

The law states it is illegal to help anyone commit suicide, but no-one has been charged over helping someone go to Swiss clinic Dignitas to die.

She spoke to the BBC's medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh.

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